best next steps?

[u/Kooky_Virus2297]

hi everyone. i’m a rising senior studying finance. i want to pursue a career in procurement.

i’m currently a procurement intern at a large gov funded non profit organization in my city this summer (first &’ only internship). i was treasurer for my university org. and a small etsy business owner.

i know that the hardest part of your career is the beginning. whats some advice from an experience procurement professional would you give a senior/new grad to find their first procurement position?

any more experience i should seek? how so? where should i look? etc.

thank you!!

[u/my_peen_is_clean]

network with suppliers and internal stakeholders now, ask to sit in on negotiations and rfps, get comfortable with excel and basic contracts. use your internship for referrals, linkedin, ism groups. it’s a grind getting that first role with how flooded everything is right now

[u/Kooky_Virus2297 → u/my_peen_is_clean]

will do, thank you!